The Game Ball Thread: Wk 2: vs Rextown

[SeoulSoxFan]

Holy shit. 
 
They almost blew a huge, huge lead. Thank god for some acrobatic INTs. 
 
GAME BALLLLZZZ!!

• Butler for the acrobatic INT
• Ryan for the acrobatic INT

This was the closest blowout I've ever watched. 

 

[tims4wins]

Brady
Ghost

 

[Devizier]

Game ball:
Brady
 
Deez nuts:
Fletcher

 

[theapportioner]

I assumed Fletcher would get more safety help this year...

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Brady & Co. dropped 507 yards on the Bills. 
 
That's right, the supposed top 1, 2, or 3 defense in the league. 

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I give it to Rex Ryan.
 
"WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE!"
 
*allows 500+ yards and 40 points....at home*
 
 
"WE'RE GONNA PUT A GUY ON GRONK!"
 
*Gronk goes for 7 catches and 100+ yards and a TD*
 
 
"WE'RE NOT SCARED OF ANYONE!"
 
*team commits multiple taunting penalties and other stupid personal fouls to show how not scared they are*
 
 
 
God he's the biggest fucking fraud around. The Bills are getting exactly what the deserve from him. Suckers.

 

[johnmd20]

Tom Brady.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

"We Want Brady" they said. 
 
There ya go:
 
@MichaelDavSmith Tom Brady's 466 pass yards were the most ever allowed by the Bills in franchise history. Buffalo may want to quiet down the trash talk.

 

[dcmissle]

Clown shoes. Yes, the CBs, Brady -- but no gloating allowed. We mercilessly mock other teams for similar fourth quarters

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

 
"We Want Brady" they said. 
 
There ya go:
 
@MichaelDavSmith Tom Brady's 466 pass yards were the most ever allowed by the Bills in franchise history. Buffalo may want to quiet down the trash talk.
 

 
Rex is the coach. They wanted this. Fuck them.

 

[Caspir]

Brady, Butler, Gronk. Chandler and Fletcher had tough days.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

LOL
 
@Deej1121 Condolences to the @buffalobills for losing yet another Super Bowl.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Nice to have a low key game next week with no pressure.

Game Balls:

Amendolllllla for DAT CATCH
Brady
Gronk
OLine

 

[Ed Hillel]

Brady and the O line. Amazed how well that line has come together so fast.

Butler was pretty awesome on D. I had his receivers catching maybe 2-3 balls for little yardage.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

 
LOL
 
@Deej1121 Condolences to the @buffalobills for losing yet another Super Bowl.
 

 
OH BUT THEY PLAYED THEM TOUGH.
 
No they didn't. This game was over early. Pats got sloppy late and called some dumb plays, but the Bills got run out of their own barn.

 

[Bellhorn]

How about the OL hitting the ground running, especially the rookies?  Pretty stark contrast with this time last year.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Strange 4th q, some shitty play plus a few fourth and shorts they usually convert. Most days they hit 50-55 points when they move the ball like that.

 

[soxhop411]

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Who else is excited for Rex Ryan press conference? I got a browser squarely fixed on Patriots.com

 

[soxhop411]

woah. embedding got it messed up

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Oops.
 
@nflnetwork "I'm so glad Tom Brady is gonna be here because I don't want any excuses when we beat the Patriots today" - Jim Kelly 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Bills had 3 fumbles and no TO.
Patriots had 2 fumbles and 2 TO. 
 
That also made it close. 

 

[soxhop411]

Christopher Price ‏@cpriceNFL  41s41 seconds ago
Rex asked about Dion Lewis: "I still don't know his name." #Patriots
 
Christopher Price ‏@cpriceNFL  29s29 seconds ago
Rex on the loss: I'm taking it personal...What did they pass for, 500 yards?

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

@TheDeej is retweeting some sweet juice:
 
@Steve_Perrault
Tom Brady after 2 games in 2007: 576 yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT
Tom Brady after 2 games in 2015: 754 yards, 7 TDs, 0 INT
Thank you @nflcommish

 

[mwonow]

TB, both lines for me. Amen for the catch, Jules too, plus Gronk. 
 
Actually, they may need to go to the reserve balls to get one to everyone who deserves one.
 
Chandler sucked but he will be better once he gets outside of Buffalo, I think. Fletcher will be better - at least from my POV - when he gets into another uni

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Christopher Price ‏@cpriceNFL  41s41 seconds ago
Rex asked about Dion Lewis: "I still don't know his name." #Patriots

 
LOL Rex. Keep your feet up. 

 

[Toe Nash]

Interesting gameplan to throw 59 times and basically not put Blount on the field. Would have been nice to get a few firsts on the ground late. Maybe they felt they couldn't get it done but the blocking seemed to be handling the pass rush OK and Lewis moved it on the ground. DVOA has Buffalo 1st against the pass last year and just 12th against the run. Or maybe it was all a FU from Brady / BB to Ryan, which I'm OK with too.
 
My game ball goes to Collins. Was everywhere in the first half.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

@cpriceNFL Rex on the loss: I'm taking it personal...What did they pass for, 500 yards?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

First game ball to SJH.

It feels a little boring to give game balls to Gronkelbrady because everything they is so smooth and looks so easy.

Air McDaniels with a great game plan. OL holds up again. Lewis again phenomenal on every non-fumbling play.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

And a "Giant" FU to Chris Simms for still thinking Brady's not a "top 5" QB. 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

This man. 
 

 

[RoyHobbs]

The secondary & Chandler on D
Edelman, Dobson & 12 on O
 
The tweets I'm reading in this thread get a game ball too.

 

[Tony C]

1-Tom Brady Tom Brady -- has anyone mentioned he's throwing the deep ball with great touch this year?
2-the O-line -- I sort of believe in anything BB puts out there, but definitely had doubts before the Steelers game, fewer doubts after but...still...and now, no doubts. 
3-so many options for game ball #3...I guess Amendola for the great catch. 
 
Boy, that's the most lopsided game decided in the last minute ever!

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Nothing flashy from Dobson but he was really solid today. On the same page with Brady, got wide open, caught the ball.

 

[fieldslikebuckner]

Remember last year when we all wanted to fire Googe? 
 
Anyone? Anyone remember that?
 
No? Me either.
 
OLine has been awesome.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Strange 4th q, some shitty play plus a few fourth and shorts they usually convert. Most days they hit 50-55 points when they move the ball like that.

It was a strange quarter. The offense must have put up 150 yards, Buffalo recovered all 4-5 of the fumbles, Butler tripped before jumping on the first TD, Brady missed an open Edelman, Brady holds the ball too long and gets stripped...It was a perfect storm of fluke with a tired D and Fletcher getting burned again. It wasn't nearly as concerning as the bottom line box score indicates.

 

[Stitch01]

Clown shoes. Yes, the CBs, Brady -- but no gloating allowed. We mercilessly mock other teams for similar fourth quarters

Fuck that they beat a good team on the road and dropped 40. They have a great game management track record. Enjoy this one

 

[soxhop411]

Andrew Siciliano ‏@AndrewSiciliano  36s36 seconds ago
Rex Ryan:
"Belichick outcoached me, no question about it."

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Perfect win for BB.
 
Gets a critical win vs. divisional oppo on the road.
Gets to shut up Rexy.
Gets to bitch and moan a ton with an inferior opponent coming up. 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

@KevinRDuffy
Tom Brady's Deflategate revenge tour is underway: 63-91, 754 yards, 7 TD, 0 INT (119.9 passer rating) thru 2 games

 

[McBride11]

OLine. Besides Solder and Vollmer (who missed 1-2 quarters) its Andrews, Mason, Kline primarily holding down the inside. This was against arguably one of the best DLine in the NFL.

Googes!!!

 

[brandonchristensen]

Brady was in court rooms in the off season so he's more fresh than the QBs that were forced to practice all the time.

 

[theapportioner]

Perfect win for BB.
 
Gets a critical win vs. divisional oppo on the road.
Gets to shut up Rexy.
Gets to bitch and moan a ton with an inferior opponent coming up. 

That inferior opponent is up 17-6 against the Dolphins...

 

[bluefenderstrat]

Man, imagine if TB could get the footballs the way he likes them.

 

[joeflah]

Jim Kelly is cancer free, good for him. Too bad he's not STUPID free.
Sure Pats have a history of converting 4 and 1's all over the field and with Brady sneaks but weren't the first 2 tries today totally unnecessary? Leading the game and Bills being as inept as can be, committing penalties left and right, it seemed to me they just gifted them 12 points on those first 2 failed 4 and 1 conversions. Punt them, pin 'em back near their goal line and let the earn it. Good win though and good start to the season.

 

[Shelterdog]

Clown shoes. Yes, the CBs, Brady -- but no gloating allowed. We mercilessly mock other teams for similar fourth quarters

 
I'll gloat like a motherfucker.  That's allowed when you score 40 on the road against a divisional opponent that's been talking shit for weeks.
 
EDIT: Beaten to it by stitch01.  

 

[tims4wins]

Rex has been game planning for this since the schedule came out. Guess he isn't very good

 

[Al Zarilla]

Andrew Siciliano ‏@AndrewSiciliano  36s36 seconds ago
Rex Ryan:
"Belichick outcoached me, no question about it."  

Yeah, NFLN had his complete ~5 minute presser and he was all "it's on me." Fine, but what are you going to do about it? Belichick was happy for the road division win, team played well, but said there are a lot of things to improve on, nothing new here. 

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Biggest surprises:

• The young OL held up against a $250m front
• BB put Lewis right back out on the next series after the fumble

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Aaron Dobson. Great time to show up in his career.

The offensive line. What a job they did today.

The defensive line with 8 sacks.

Tom Brady.

Rex Ryan. Thanks for running a circus. Personal fouls are great for business

So basically everyone.